Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Willits, Jon
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Willits, Jon
Committee Member(s)
Federmier, Kara
Fisher, Cynthia
Montag, Jessica
Hotaling, Jared
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Semantic Memory
Distributional Modeling
Language
eng
Abstract
Semantic memory, the enduring store of knowledge about the world and language, underpins numerous cognitive functions. A deep understanding of its structure and functioning necessitates a thorough examination of the representations within this system. In this thesis, we discuss topics related to representations in semantic memory, including evaluating theoretical assumptions of the units of analysis that drive knowledge acquisition, the role of semantic relatedness in semantic memory retrieval, and the integrative nature of task-dependent semantic memory representations. Across a range of computational modeling and behavioral experiments, this investigation yielded various insights into the nature of semantic memory representations. Central to this work is advancing the proposition that representations in semantic memory may be best described by distributional models of meaning.
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